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Lance Cpl. Garrett Tallent, aviation ordnance technician with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, installs chaff and flare buckets on an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 3, 2016. Consisting of approximately 180 Marines and 10 F/A-18D Hornet aircraft, VMFA(AW)-224 arrived in Iwakuni Oct. 7, 2015, as part of the Unit Deployment Program. VMFA(AW)-224, also known as the Fighting Bengals, will participate in exercise Island Warrior at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, before heading home to MCAS Beaufort, S.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released)
160303-M-RP664-004.JPG Photo By: Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson

Mar 8, 2016
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Lance Cpl. Garrett Tallent, aviation ordnance technician with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224, installs chaff and flare buckets on an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 3, 2016. Consisting of approximately 180 Marines and 10 F/A-18D Hornet aircraft, VMFA(AW)-224 arrived in Iwakuni Oct. 7, 2015, as part of the Unit Deployment Program. VMFA(AW)-224, also known as the Fighting Bengals, will participate in exercise Island Warrior at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, before heading home to MCAS Beaufort, S.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released)


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